Health co-benefits of green building design strategies and community resilience to urban flooding: A systematic review of the evidence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Houghton, Adele ^a   Castillo Salgado, Carlos ^b  

^a Smith Research ampampamp x0026 amp Consulting   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable communities; Sustainable design; Urban flood related hazards

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; FLOODING; GREENSPACE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; GREEN BUILDING DESIGN; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RATING SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WILDLIFE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLOODS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85037631855     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14121519     Document Type: Review

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